New insights into an enigmatic form of magnetic reconnection
New simulations help to clarify the physics behind a recent discovery made by NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission spacecraft.…
More than half of Scotland’s coastal vessels go untracked, study finds
Credit: Marine Policy (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106719 Over half of vessels operating in Scotland’s coastal waters are effectively “invisible”…
Jupiter’s enigmatic weather explained by confirmed ‘mushball’ phenomenon
A cross section of the upper atmosphere, or troposphere, of Jupiter, showing the depth of storms in a…
Crystal waves enable ultrafast heat transfer for cooler electronics
Will Hutchins, a mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. candidate, helped lead a University of Virginia team that revealed…
How crater shapes are revealing more about Titan’s icy crust
Artist illustration of titan’s thin icy crust. Credit: NASA/JPL Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is a fascinating world that…
Enhanced CsPbBr₃ X-ray detectors achieve record-low detection limits
Comparison of X-ray imaging results for CsPbBr3 wafer-based X-ray detectors before and after grain boundary modification. Credit: Chen…
An elegant method for the detection of single spins using photovoltage
The green laser excites charge carriers in the NV centers, which are then captured by surface states. The…
Hubble tracks a roaming magnetar of unknown origin
This is an artist’s impression of a magnetar, which is a special type of neutron star with an…
NASA experiment shows solar wind might make water on the moon
The experimental apparatus consists of a custom-built vacuum chamber that fits inside the sample compartment of a Nicolet…
Evidence of dark matter-free dwarf galaxy challenges conventional galaxy formation models
FCC 224 g475 image as an example of our GALFIT modeling. From left to right, the three panels…